The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-01-20
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
synspsis Of tho Proceedings Of The Senate aA1
HQuSa.

SynOpsis Of tho Proceedings OF Tie senate aAo
House.
SENATE.--A very large number of bills,
etc, were introduced Senator Hall in
troduced resolution that the committee on
retrenchment and reform be instructed to
report on the amount OF fees and perquisites
which now go to the oil inspector and sur
veyor of logs, AMI to draft bill making
both offices salaried ones, each not to exceed
IS 900. Senator Ward gave notice that he
would soon introduce a bill to abolish the
office of oil Inspector entirely Senator Ed
wards resolution, providing for the pri nting
of Gov. McGill's inaugural in the various
language created considerable debate. The
original resolution fixed the number as fol-
lows: In the Norwegian language 1000;
German. 1000; Swedish, l 1000, and French
800 Senator Ward wanted to know If the
Americans We're to have any show at the
message. ana said after the Scan1inavians
in the state. had been supplied he would
like to see some of the messages printed in
Mort American English. He amended the
resolution so us to have printed =. 900 copies
in Bohemian, and the resolution was passed
Senator Scheffers bill to amend the laws
relating to tax sales provides that in cases
where taxes are assessed or assumed to have
been actually paid before the entry of iudg-
ment, or where the lands are not subject to
taxation, or exempt from taxation, such
Judgment shall be prina tacie only. Another
amendment provides that it may always be
shown for the purpose OF defeating any tax
sale made under the provisions of the law
that the taxes We're in fact paid prior to the
entry of the judgment, or that the land was
not subject TO taxation, or was exempt from
taxation.
Senator Chapman's bill relating to the
qualifications of petit juries in criminal
cases is important 1t is Intended to facili-
tate the selection of jurors, and does away
with the presumption that man who reads
the newspapers and possesses ordinary tn
telligence Is not qualified for a juror Tho
bill provides that no person shall be dis,
qualified from serving as Juror in cases OF
felony for anything he may have said him.
self or have heard others say relative to the
guilt or innocence of any person accused OF
crime, nor tor reading accounts OF such
crime in newspapers, provided any opinions
the jurors may have are susceptible OF
change by the evidence.
HoUsE.-The house concurred in the sen.
ate resolution that Joint committee OF
fifteen five from the senate and ten from
the house, be appointed on apportion-
ment. 4 large number OF bills and resolu-
tions, mostly OF little account were intro
duced.
Mr.. Donnelly brought up in the house a
Joint resolution to indorse the Interstate
commerce bill now before congress. Rep
resentative Reyes thought delay would
be wise. Donnelly urged the farmers to
support him:
St Paul mad soft snap under the
present arrangements. but he was not here
to prosecute the great cities. Justice is
justice and the produc err should be
protected in his rights. After long
passed by vote of II to 6, and its formal
passage was by q vote OF Z 5 to s. Those
voting no at first were:
Cullen Potter, Petit. Rogers, Ira wicky,
Wallan-total, 6. Absent, Lee.
Speaker Merriam then announced the
regular House committees, as follows:
THE COMMITTEES.
Observation-Disclosures IverSon. Will
Jams. Nordoold, Ameson, Jones William r..
Skinner
State Prison--Freenan, Costello. Tousley,
Dornfeld, Newell, Flynn. Sherwood
lnsu,ance-Arnold, Naeseth. Low. Morrison.
Miller. Wilson, Parrot.
-Wallan, Warren, Hattlestadt
Walstrom. Shoemaker. Swartwoudt, McArdle.
State Normal Schools Bennett, Hurd, Arnold
Anderson o. Al. Sherwood. Inglehard, Gross.
Hospital for Insane-Morrison. Swenson, An
derson j. A., Bjorge, Krels, Cloutier, Dickman
Temperance Bufuni, Ellingson, Estes, Dick
man, Morrison. Prasser, Hendrickson.
Grain and Warehouse experimentation
Pettitt, Johnson. Costello, Plowman, Naeseth,
Donnellv Baker Wilson, Hat lestadt. Jones u
NJ. Fur'ong Cha mplin, Beatty. Parrott.
Deaf. Dunno and Blind Institute-Keyes, Even
son. Fathers, Shave, Faircy.
BanksaLee sevatson, Con1stock, Emery An
Public Buldings-Colby, Swensoa, Fathers
Boedigheimer. Slaven.
/ Elections-Miiler Latham, Lehman, Newell
| Furlong
Commerce-Johnsrud, HARDWOOD, Mattson
Jones w. R., Quigley.
! Joint Committee on University ana University
Lands-Costello. Miller, Donnelly, Hendrck
| son, Emery.
| Special Committee on Drainage-Baker, Matt
sou, Barker, Ivefson Boedigheimer.
Joint Committee on Taxes and Tax Laws
| Barker, Lee Dunno, Colby. HeiSler.
! State Reform School-Elmquest, Swartwoudt
| Bunge ST.. Pratt. Trawickv
Mines and Minerals-Bjorge, Lum, Van de
| Velde, Hummer. Smith.
| Forestry-Brown. Hanson, Walstrom, Smith
| Gross.
! Enrolment Bunge Jr, Mobiles
Observation-Disclosures. Law. Lehman. Emery
| Dornfeld.
State Library-Wilson, Tousley. Shuler, Quig
Rules and Joint Rules-Reese, Lee, Rogers
| Teubert, Gregory.
I II. vi.
Roads. Bridges and Navigable Streams-Pot
| ter, Evenson, Nobles Dunno, Duane.
Railroads-Donnelly. Baker. Bjorge, Halvor
sen, Shoemaker, Green, Hoppin, Comstock
Sevatson. Howard, Prosser, Knox. Hurd. Teu
bert Skinner.
- Judiciary-Rogers, Keyes, Barker, Latham
Donnely. Potter. Lum, Iyerson, Gregory, Lucas
| Hendrickson.
Finance-Knox Pettit Buffum, Freeman
Baker Flynn, Reese. Emery, Cullen.
lfn md Shr11o
Colby, Flynn, Elmquist, Wallan, Sherwood
/ Ryan,
Public Lands-Iverson, Johnsrud, Hoppin
Kreis. Warren, Hanson, Ellingson, Brown
Slaven Light, Boedigheimer, Hummer, Faircy
Powers, Heisler.
Federal Northumberland ordvold, Temp
kins, Lucas, Powers, Champlin, Duane
Education-Reese, Williams, Donnelly, Even
| son, Green. Halvorson, Beatty
Towns and Counties-Lum, Wallace, Bennett
Johnson, Low, Parrott, Cloutier
| Military Affairs-Naeseth, Arnold, Pratt, Shu
Ter. Alexander. Light, Powers.
Agriculture and Manufactures-Estes, John
Labor-Colby. Jones J. N. Arneson. Gregory
Trawicky, Warren Costello
Claims-Baker, Elmquist, Walstrom, Jone
J. N, Potter, McArdle, Trawicky.
SEaATE.-The senate occupied most O
the time in discussing the joint resolution
OF the house in regard to the interstate
commerce bill before congress. When TIN
| resolution came up, senator Ives moved
to strike out all of Donnelly's stuml
speech, or as he expressed it, all that par
which the people could not understand.
Avote was had on Ives amendment, which
was lost. Senator Comstock then tool
opportunity to oppose the long haul clause
Senator Comstock wanted the whole mat
ter sent to the committee on railroads, Blu
the senators refused to do this. and tn
resolution then passed, the only senator
voting in the negative being Comstock
Durant, Hayden and Oswald.
The labor bill introduced by Senate
Swenson provides for the appointment o
a labor commissioner with q sal,.ry O
5000, and $500 for expenses, to be ap
pointed by the governor. The presiden
announced the following special committees
Labor-Swenson, Edwards, Lende
Nachbar, Shields.
On Redistricting the State-Hall, Buck
man, Clough, Halvorsen, Bowen.
On Bills Relating to ex-Soldiers and Sail
ors-Goodrich, Pope, Anderson, Scheffer
Compton.
State Public Schools-Crandall, Com
stock, Dodge, Nelson, WEIGH.
Governors Message-Daniels, Scheffel
Burkhardt, Durant, Hayden.